Brutus was formed from Aurelius, March 30, 1802, and Sennett was taken off
in 1827. Its
location is on the east border of the county, north of the center, and its
surface is level in the
north and west, with an average elevation of about ten feet above the level
of the Seneca
river, which forms its northern boundary. The parts lying along the river
are quite marshy.
Isolated drift hills, from 50 to 75 feet above the general level, render
the surface in the south-
east broken and rolling. Bread Creek and Cold Spring Brook, both of which
are tributary to
Seneca River, are the principal streams. The former is a canal feeder, and
along its course are
deposits of limestone and plaster, which are quarried to considerable extent.
The soil is a fine
quality of sandy and gravelly loam, intermixed with clay and alluvium.

Population, 2, 871 Area, 13, 049 acres

There is but one postoffice in this town--Weedsport. Few of the residents
receive their mail at
Sennett, in an adjoining town, and at Jordan, Onondaga County.